CRYPTOGAMIA ALGiE. 961 



FERVA ; but its frudifications are more \ 

 nearly allied to that of FUCUS ; and in this / 

 -: Gems we have thought proper to range it, 



under the fandion of the celebrated Dr. SO- 

 LANDER, and the lately deceas'd ingenious 

 and much-lamented ELLIS. 



repens 40. F. frondibus c^efpitofis repentibus ramofis articu- 

 latis, articulis oblongis planis. — A Linnao non 

 defcripttis. (Dillen. mufc. 50. /. 10. /. 9. A. 

 B. C. D. bon.) 



Little creeping clufter'd Fucus. Anglis. 



It grows upon the fea-rocks, which are wafh'd by 

 the waves, in many places, particularly near 

 Muffelburgh, ^c. VI IL 



The fubftance is fomewhat cartilaginous, but ten- \ft 

 der and elaftic. The color a deep purple or 

 violet ; the fummits of the branches often 

 ting'd with a dull green. The height only 

 about halj^an iiich. 



It creeps upon the rocks fo as to form clufters or 

 patches, confilling of many extremely fine 

 proftrate runners entangled together, and emit- 

 ting from their fides fmall acute ligaments of 

 creeping radicles like claws. From thefe run- 

 ners are produced {horjt_branched fhoots. The 

 branches without order, (lender at the bafe, 

 but dilated upwards, and jointed. The joints \ yt 

 Q^q q "^ oval 



